St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-19
GLADSTONE.
He Discusses Political Questions
With His Usual VigOr.


LONDON, Oct. 1S.-Mr. Gladstone met
with an enthusiastic reception at Man.
chester this morning. He also made a
speech at Sheffield to-day in which he
said he did not doubt that the mind of
the people was rapidly marshaling it
self in favor of contenting Iaeland, and
restoring the freedom and efficiency of
parliament and the honor of England,
which has been so grievOuSly tarnished
by past misconduct in Ireland. Mr..
Gladstone spoke at Stockport to-day.
He said that coercion was directed, not
against crime, but against the people of
Ireland combining to preserve their in
terests. If such combination showed
tendency toward crime the Liberals
est countenance. At Nottingham
Mr.. Gladstone said he would tell them
plainly that he was not there to say
smooth things. 1t was deplorable fact
that the settling of the great Irish ques
ton, which might have been settled last
year had there been disposition to dis
cuSS it in spirit of candOr and fairness.
had been again set aside and was still
pending, its difficulties aggravated and
its prospects uncertain. He had always
told the Conservatives that the choice
lay between coercion and home rule.
The Conservatives had told them that
home rule was an idle dream, but events
had shown that it was not. A coercion
bill had been passed against combina-
tiOnS, against the liberty of the press
and the right of public meeting, and not
against crime.
THE IRISH SPECTACLE
was now grave and serious one, and
if it continued it would drive Ireland
into such a state that the difficulties of
the government would become almost
inSurmOuntable. He denied that he
proposed home rule simply to advance
Liberal interests. 1t was doubtful, he
said, whether the Tories accepted home
rule in its broad principles in the same
way that they accepted his proposals in
1872 and in 1883. He wanted statutory
parliament in Dublin, subject to i'm
perial control. There was nothing to
prevent any reasonable man from agree
ing with the Liberals Irish proposals
without reference to this or that particu-
lar or detail. The immediate necessity
Of the day was to watch the way
in which Ireland was now gov
erned. If the government persisted
in their rash and foolish policy
it would naturally lead to political de-
moralication and render it in the highest
oOSlCO uiliCulU, CfCu 1Ol
and parliament truly representing
their best and most enlightened conclu-
sions, to deal fairly and benefcially
with Ireland, Only one word could
describe the present system of
Irish government. 1t was ''impertin-
ence." The events of the last few
weeks in Ireland would not have boen
tolerated in England. He condemned
the action of the authorities at Mitchels-
town. He admitted having used the
words Remember Mitchelstown."
That affair must and would be remem-
bered. The country had an account to
settle with the government in cOnnec-
tiOn with that affair. The Mitchels-
town authorities were undoubtedly
wrong, yet Mr.. Balfour, in behalf
of the government, unequivocally as
sumed the responsibility for their acts.
The worst feature of the MitchelStoWn
incident was that the action of the au-
thOritieS there had become model and
pattern for the whole of Ireland. The
whole system of government in Ireland
required to be thoroughly reformed,
root and branch. There had been
breakdown in the government in all
essentials. A radical change was wanted,
and such change an enfranchised ma
ton alone could accomplish. Cheers
Carried Black Flags.
LONDON, Oct. 1S.-Prince Albert
Victor, son of the Prince of Wales, laid
the memorial stone at the Infirmary of
Northampton to-day. The streets were
crowded with spectators, many of whom
greeted the speakers with groans. A
number of black flags were carried by
some of those who had gathered about
the building, and cries of ''Hurrah for
Bradlaugh'' were heard during the
ceremony.
The Crown Prince.
BERLIN, Oct. 1S.-The Official Ga